Congratulations, person holding the ticket with 5-16-22-23-29, PB-6 on it! You just won the $550 million Powerball. That's right, you proved the naysayers wrong, and you're rich. But now what? As the haters will rush to remind you, winning the lottery is not always the best thing that could happen, but you'll prove them wrong. But first, how are you going to spend that half a billion and change? And if, for some reason, you didn't win tonight (impossible, I know), how will you spend your hard-earned fortune once your lucky numbers come up in a few months, which will definitely happen?

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Will you buy 17 vacation homes? A new fleet of exotic cars? A private jet? Someone to drive you around? Will you give any money to charity (yeah, right) or will you blow it all on drugs and hookers? Let us know in the comments.